Nuffield Health Chesterfield Fitness & Wellbeing Gym - Chesterfield

Coached B. B.

Always feel welcome. Members and staff are brilliant. Proper sense of community with everything you need from pool to sauna to clean gym. Spot on.

Christopher E.

Not a high quality gym at all. The equipment is 30 years old and they have no intention of replacing it, which is totally unacceptable for Nuffield, not even for a tatty city gym behind the chip shop. A lack of competition locally is the only reason they can keep going and yet be so dated and rough round the edges. Disgraceful.

Suzanne M.

Must say Nuffield I’m not impressed with your exercise program. If you are not on line at 7am to book a class 8 days in advance, you have very little chance of getting the class you want. Very disappointing and a waste of money. Too many members for few classes available. Thumbs down from me.

Alex W.

If orange, laminated cards, overpriced membership and machines that are out of order is your thing, this is the gym for you…

Nice staff though.

Fairy D.

Why can't you give no stars? I had been a member for 6 years. The class trainers have been very good. However, when I tried to get help with a new condition I got no help and no return calls (as promised), despite 5 requests including with the head PT. I would have been paying extra for the PT over and above membership. My condition deteriorated and I was unable to drive. I rang head office to cancel. They told me to ring the branch. I did sbd left a message. I continued to pay for 2 further months, so they had 2 months notice as I did not use the gym within that period. They then started sending me debt letters. I again contact the gym. They wanted medical letters to prove I could cancel! They have no right. I refused.

They have now sold what they purport to be my "debt" as they are after another month from me! Well, I've told the collection heavies they can try to get it from my estate when I'm dead.

Don't sign a contract with this gym. It is very dated now and they don't keep up with maintaining it as it should be. Management is really lacking in making people feel welcome.

Robert T.

Excellent Gym!
I don't live in the area but my local Nuffield is the same tier as this one and wow, what a difference. People of Chesterfield, you are lucky to have this gym as it is far, far better than my local gym which is the same tier but much more money per month due to being close to London.

Changing rooms all really clean and tidy. They can get quite congested before and after classes, but not much can be done about that.

A good range of equpment, nothing out of order on my visit on 29/8/23. Really friendly and helpful staff as well as really friendly members. Your members put weights back when they are done which is a refreshing change to see.

A very positive experience, excellent cafe area which was very busy. I would highly recommend. 👍🏻Keep up the great work.

Paula J.

Well I have not had my induction yet but I would just like to comment and say how wonderful Lauren is. I visited the gym to join, I was very nervous and Lauren was so good to me. I phoned up today to ask a question and again Lauren was extremely helpful. Her customer service is second to none. If all the team are like Lauren then I look forward to being a member.
Thank you Lauren for being kind. Paula

owen P.

On and off over the last 15 years i have enjoyed 3 month memberships of Nuffield Gym Chesterfield which allows me to get back into shape in the months that i consider it to be too dark and dangerous to do street running-mainly December through to the end of Febraury. I have also had memberships of other (much cheaper) gyms in Chesterfield during this time so thought it would be good to weigh up the pros and cons of Nuffield compared to others.

Starting with the negatives first:

1.The exercise floor area on the 1st floor is considerably smaller than other gyms and therefore has less equipment.

2.The number of treadmills has decreased since my regular memberships of 2010-2016 and on manual settings some of the buttons on the handlebars of the bikes do not operate

3.The two shaving bowls wash basins next to the showers are set too far from the mirror,forcing the user to lean over to see clearly,and i was never able to get a good temperature from the water

4."Family time" hours allocated to the swimming pool.In all fairness the hours are indicated on a pinned up schedule in the changing room area but,having forgotten this it was a shock for me on re-joining to find children walking around between the lockers and generally making lots of noise (which is what kids do in all fairness)

5.Occasional blocking of the toilet.I feel bad having to go to staff to tell them.If each of the two toilets had a brush in one corner at least i could have sorted it out myself.

6.No "starter pack" when rejoining.This was pretty much a booklet Nuffield would give you explaining what you get for your money,which would include free monthly health MOTs but everything has switched over to using Apps and its just another set of passwords you have to remember.

And now for the positives:

1.Good quality Life Fitness treadmills with speed interval setting-could not match this at the cheaper gyms

2.Good quality shower room area with 8 cubicals,good temperature controls and large shower head rotation,soap dispensers always kept stocked up,and the water keeps flowing uninteruoted-could not match at the cheaper gyms

3.Spacious changing rooms with 2 levels of lockers all in good condition-could not match at the cheaper gyms

4.Lockers use the membership card as part of the locking system so you dont have to bring in a padlock,but each lockers has a coat rail,hanger and hook for rucksacks-could not match at cheaper gyms

5.The pool is excellent,and if like myself you are not keen on children,you just need to avoid the Family Swim and Classes shown on the schedule in the changing room.The steam room & sauna are an extra bonus if a little on the small side-could not match at cheaper gyms and really this is where you gain the most for your money

6.The 1st floor exercise area never really feels busy,though i bemoan the reduction of the number of treadmills i found if they were ever fully occupied i just used one of the bikes or cross trainers for half an hour then 2 or 3 would then become available

7.There is a lovely ambience when you walk into the entrance area reception and through the cafe seated area,and though im not one for hanging around after exercising i do appriciate that others might want to stop for a chat & a bite to eat

8.The option to pay membership in 3 month blocks has always worked out well for me,i have never seen the point of gym membership during the summer months because that is when im out and about and doing things.This gives Nuffield an advantage since most cheaper gyms only offer a rolling 12 month Direct Debit